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United States Patent | 5,601,490 |
Nakagawa ,   et al. | February 11, 1997 |
A track racing game machine Includes two or more vehicles having a drive motor and a pair of first and second contact members; a looped running track provided with a running lane along which the vehicles move; a power generator for generating a power of a specified level to be supplied to each vehicle to control the speed of the vehicle; and a plurality of pairs of supplying lines provided on the running lane of the running track to supply the power generated by the power generator to the corresponding vehicles, each pair consisting of first and second supplying lines, the first and second supplying lines being in contact with the first and second contact members of the corresponding vehicle, respectively.
Inventors: | Nakagawa; Toshiaki (Fujimi, JP); Yokota; Hiroshi (Tokyo-to, JP); Ozaki; Kouichi (Tokyo-to, JP); Furukawa; Kiyoshi (Kobe, JP) |
Assignee: | Konami Co., Ltd. (Hyogo-ken, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 294525 |
Filed: | August 23, 1994 |
Aug 25, 1993[JP] | 5-210737 |
Current U.S. Class: | 463/63; 446/446; 446/455 |
Intern'l Class: | A63F 009/14 |
Field of Search: | 273/86 R,86 B,86 F,85 G 446/444,446,454,455,456 340/323 463/58,63 |
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